Development of a commercial Wire and Laser Additive Manufacture process - Wi-LAM

商业线材和激光增材制造工艺的开发 - Wi-LAM

• 批准号: 10045020
• 金额: $ 6.37万
• 依托单位: LASER ADDITIVE SOLUTIONS LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10045020
• 关键词: Development; commercial; Wire; Laser; Additive

Laser Additive Solutions Ltd (LAS) is a specialist precision laser Additive Manufacture, repair, and joining processes service provider, specialising in providing the highest quality laser-based solutions to our customers. Current LAS customers include blue chip companies operating in aerospace, power generation, transport and military sectors. We also work closely with a range of UK SME's, such as tooling companies as well as UK universities.The concept behind the project Wi-LAM (Wire and Laser Additive Manufacture) is to use the technology of Additive Manufacture to produce Inconel 718 parts using Wire Laser Directed Energy Deposition (Wire L-DED) Technology. The parts will then be qualified to the standard API 20S, an oil and gas standard for additively manufactured components which was published in October 2021\.The Wire L-DED process is not a commonly used process in UK commercial business, but we believe using this technology can be extremely attractive to our existing customers. It can reduce their dependence on things such as overseas raw material supply, excessive machining, and material wastage. It can therefore consolidate material supply simply into metal wire rather than multiple shapes and sizes. In turn this can reduce both cost and lead time for the supply of new parts and equipment.The UK supply chain is increasingly coming under strain from importing materials which have long lead times and high costs. Wi-LAM (Wire and Laser Additive Manufacture) aims to improve the manufacture, cost and lead time of medium to large Inconel 718 components.The LAS team will change this by using a State-of-the-art Laser processing cell with integrated Wire feed capability, TRUMPF 3kW TruDisk Laser, 9-axis KUKA KR30 HA Robotic Manipulation System. The LAS team has 45 years of combined additive manufacturing experience and the expertise to produce a fully qualified additively manufactured part for use in Oil and Gas, Nuclear and Aerospace industries.LAS will firstly develop a commercially viable process in terms of build rate and quality, then produce mechanical test pieces in multiple orientations and have them independently assessed. Finally, a first article part qualified to API 20S will be produced to demonstrate the process capability. With a qualified part and validated process, LAS will be able to offer Wi-LAM as a service with evidence, with confidence, and commercial viability to its customers.

Laser Additive Solutions Ltd (LAS) 是一家专业精密激光增材制造、维修和连接工艺服务提供商，专门为客户提供最高质量的激光解决方案。 LAS 目前的客户包括航空航天、发电、运输和军事领域的蓝筹公司。我们还与一系列英国中小企业密切合作，例如模具公司以及英国大学。 Wi-LAM（线材和激光增材制造）项目背后的概念是利用增材制造技术，通过线材激光定向能量沉积 (Wire L-DED) 技术生产 Inconel 718 零件。然后，这些零件将符合 API 20S 标准，这是 2021 年 10 月发布的增材制造零件的石油和天然气标准。Wire L-DED 工艺并不是英国商业业务中常用的工艺，但我们相信使用这项技术对我们现有的客户极具吸引力。可以减少对海外原材料供应的依赖、过度加工、材料浪费等。因此，它可以将材料供应简单地整合到金属线中，而不是多种形状和尺寸。反过来，这可以降低新零件和设备供应的成本和交货时间。英国供应链因进口交货时间长、成本高的材料而面临越来越大的压力。 Wi-LAM（焊丝和激光增材制造）旨在改善中型到大型 Inconel 718 部件的制造、成本和交货时间。LAS 团队将通过使用具有集成送丝功能的最先进的激光加工单元、通快 3kW TruDisk Laser、9 轴 KUKA KR30 HA 机器人操纵系统来改变这一现状。 LAS 团队拥有 45 年的综合增材制造经验和专业知识，可生产用于石油和天然气、核能和航空航天行业的完全合格的增材制造零件。LAS 将首先在构建率和质量方面开发商业上可行的工艺，然后生产多个方向的机械测试件并对其进行独立评估。最后，将生产出符合 API 20S 资格的第一个零件，以展示工艺能力。凭借合格的部件和经过验证的流程，LAS 将能够向客户提供有证据、有信心且具有商业可行性的 Wi-LAM 服务。